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Did Frito Lay and Pepsi give a reason for telling everyone to work from home? Has there been any employees there who have tested positive? I just keep thinking there is more to this than the public is hearing. I've never heard of large companies shutting down and telling everyone to work from home.

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Stanford School of Medicine faculty member tests positive for COVID-19


Stanford School of Medicine officials confirmed Friday night that one of its faculty members has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement released to ABC7, school officials say the employee has not been in the work environment since experiencing symptoms. They say the school followed the CDC's recommended guidelines by notifying people who might have been exposed and requestion that they self-quarantine to prevent the possibility of spread. Officials say the clinic where the employee worked has been closed for cleaning and is expected to reopen on Monday.

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Stanford canceling all in-person courses for remainder of winter quarter due to coronavirus concerns


Stanford University is canceling all in-person courses for the remainder of the winter quarter due to coronavirus concerns. The school's website states, those classes will not meet in person but will move to online formats. It also says that large-group events are being canceled or adjusted.

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Take it to another thread

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You don't think this is related?

This virus is not going to do what liberals want. It's the flu.

This IS political. I don't get why conservatives bow to these games and don't fight back.

And if you want to show evidence it's more deadly than the common flu, please do ti.

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padreislandagfan said:

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Real question.
I have been fighting a sinus infection since Monday.
I treated with OTC flu type meds with no improvement.
I called Teladoc Wednesday and started antibiotics and nasal spray with no improvement.
I now have a deep lung constant hacking cough and labored breathing. This has gotten worse than any sickness I have had.
How would a guy go about getting tested for corona?
I'm likely heading to urgent care tomorrow.
Before you ask, I am in Galveston County

TIA for your recommendations and inappropriate remarks.

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Cy_Tolliver said:

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VaultingChemist said:

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Cy_Tolliver said:

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foleyt said:

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Take it to another thread

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You don't think this is related?

This virus is not going to do what liberals want. It's the flu.

This IS political. I don't get why conservatives bow to these games and don't fight back.

And if you want to show evidence it's more deadly than the common flu, please do ti.

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Umm what are these stats? They arent reality. We had over 10,000 deaths from common flu this year. The Coronavirus deaths are barely a blip.

Look, Im not saying people won't die, and I'm sure idiots that just lap up the news will come on here when they happen. I'm saying this is basically the common flu, a disease that barely registered for most folks.

Oh and btw - the "death rate" is a false statistic at this point because they are not as successful at diagnosing the disease as common flu. So to say "OMG its's killing way more" is not proven nor is it even likely.

Again, sorry your disease lost, the dream of a disastrous disease that will kill millions so you can get rid of Trump isn't going to happen.

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The stats are from a study of 44,000 Covid-19 cases. If you don't believe the Chinese doctors that performed the research and wrote the study, you can research it yourself.

10,000 deaths from the flu......so? The coronavirus is just in the very early stages of exponential growth. Check back in 30 days.

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padreislandagfan said:

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Real question.
I have been fighting a sinus infection since Monday.
I treated with OTC flu type meds with no improvement.
I called Teladoc Wednesday and started antibiotics and nasal spray with no improvement.
I now have a deep lung constant hacking cough and labored breathing. This has gotten worse than any sickness I have had.
How would a guy go about getting tested for corona?
I'm likely heading to urgent care tomorrow.
Before you ask, I am in Galveston County

TIA for your recommendations and inappropriate remarks.

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Quest and LabCorp are supposed to start offering testing in the next few days, if they haven't already started.

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The stats are from a study of 44,000 Covid-19 cases. If you don't believe the Chinese doctors that performed the research and wrote the study, you can research it yourself.

10,000 deaths from the flu......so? The coronavirus is just in the very early stages of exponential growth. Check back in 30 days.

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Cy_Tolliver said:

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VaultingChemist said:

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The stats are from a study of 44,000 Covid-19 cases. If you don't believe the Chinese doctors that performed the research and wrote the study, you can research it yourself.

10,000 deaths from the flu......so? The coronavirus is just in the very early stages of exponential growth. Check back in 30 days.

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That's the USA homey. USA. We won't have 10,000 deaths in the USA in 30 days.

This thing is basically the flu but a bit more communicable. Only the elderly or people with susceptible immunce systems are at serious risk. Panicking that your average person will get it and die isn't supported nor factual.

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Best likely scenario: a typical flu year
The best likely outcome is that COVID-19 is like a typical flu season:

• 10% of the world gets infected
• 0.05% of infected people die
• Globally, about 400,000 people die
• Most deaths occur among people over 65 and/or especially susceptible to respiratory infections
• Social and economic impacts are fairly minor

Worst likely scenario: the 1918 flu pandemic
The worst likely scenario is that COVID-19 is roughly comparable to the 1918 flu pandemic:

• 50% of the world gets infected
• 2% of infected people die
• Globally, about 80,000,000 people die
• Most deaths occur among people over 40 and/or especially susceptible to respiratory infections
• Children and young adults are likely to be much less severely affected
• Substantial social impacts including extensive voluntary and government-mandated closures
• Substantial economic impacts including a global recession
• Catastrophic impact on travel, hospitality, and food service sectors
• The acute phase of the pandemic lasts for 3 - 18 months
• COVID-19 recurs annually, just like the flu and the common cold

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VaultingChemist said:

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Cy_Tolliver said:

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VaultingChemist said:

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The stats are from a study of 44,000 Covid-19 cases. If you don't believe the Chinese doctors that performed the research and wrote the study, you can research it yourself.

10,000 deaths from the flu......so? The coronavirus is just in the very early stages of exponential growth. Check back in 30 days.

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That's the USA homey. USA. We won't have 10,000 deaths in the USA in 30 days.

This thing is basically the flu but a bit more communicable. Only the elderly or people with susceptible immunce systems are at serious risk. Panicking that your average person will get it and die isn't supported nor factual.

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Here are two different scenarios.....

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Best likely scenario: a typical flu year
The best likely outcome is that COVID-19 is like a typical flu season:

• 10% of the world gets infected
• 0.05% of infected people die
• Globally, about 400,000 people die
• Most deaths occur among people over 65 and/or especially susceptible to respiratory infections
• Social and economic impacts are fairly minor

Worst likely scenario: the 1918 flu pandemic
The worst likely scenario is that COVID-19 is roughly comparable to the 1918 flu pandemic:

• 50% of the world gets infected
• 2% of infected people die
• Globally, about 80,000,000 people die
• Most deaths occur among people over 40 and/or especially susceptible to respiratory infections
• Children and young adults are likely to be much less severely affected
• Substantial social impacts including extensive voluntary and government-mandated closures
• Substantial economic impacts including a global recession
• Catastrophic impact on travel, hospitality, and food service sectors
• The acute phase of the pandemic lasts for 3 - 18 months
• COVID-19 recurs annually, just like the flu and the common cold

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Covid-19 will most likely be about halfway between the best and worst scenarios, which will be way worse than the flu, but not apocalyptic.

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From WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 3 March 2020

However, there are some important differences between COVID-19 and influenza.

First, COVID-19 does not transmit as efficiently as influenza, from the data we have so far. With influenza, people who are infected but not yet sick are major drivers of transmission, which does not appear to be the case for COVID-19.

The second major difference is that COVID-19 causes more severe disease than seasonal influenza.
While many people globally have built up immunity to seasonal flu strains, COVID-19 is a new virus to which no one has immunity. That means more people are susceptible to infection, and some will suffer severe disease. Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died. By comparison, seasonal flu generally kills far fewer than 1% of those infected.

Third, we have vaccines and therapeutics for seasonal flu, but at the moment there is no vaccine and no specific treatment for COVID-19. However, clinical trials of therapeutics are now being done, and more than 20 vaccines are in development.

And fourth, we don't even talk about containment for seasonal flu it's just not possible. But it is possible for COVID-19. We don't do contact tracing for seasonal flu but countries should do it for COVID-19, because it will prevent infections and save lives. Containment is possible.

To summarize, COVID-19 spreads less efficiently than flu, transmission does not appear to be driven by people who are not sick, it causes more severe illness than flu, there are not yet any vaccines or therapeutics, and it can be contained which is why we must do everything we can to contain it. That's why WHO recommends a comprehensive approach.

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You said we will have 10,000 deaths in 30 days. I said you are wrong. Did you put wheels on the goalposts now or are you admitting that was a false statement?

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No. It's LESS communicable and MORE severe than the flu.

https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---3-march-2020

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From WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 3 March 2020

However, there are some important differences between COVID-19 and influenza.

First, COVID-19 does not transmit as efficiently as influenza, from the data we have so far. With influenza, people who are infected but not yet sick are major drivers of transmission, which does not appear to be the case for COVID-19.

The second major difference is that COVID-19 causes more severe disease than seasonal influenza.
While many people globally have built up immunity to seasonal flu strains, COVID-19 is a new virus to which no one has immunity. That means more people are susceptible to infection, and some will suffer severe disease. Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died. By comparison, seasonal flu generally kills far fewer than 1% of those infected.

Third, we have vaccines and therapeutics for seasonal flu, but at the moment there is no vaccine and no specific treatment for COVID-19. However, clinical trials of therapeutics are now being done, and more than 20 vaccines are in development.

And fourth, we don't even talk about containment for seasonal flu it's just not possible. But it is possible for COVID-19. We don't do contact tracing for seasonal flu but countries should do it for COVID-19, because it will prevent infections and save lives. Containment is possible.

To summarize, COVID-19 spreads less efficiently than flu, transmission does not appear to be driven by people who are not sick, it causes more severe illness than flu, there are not yet any vaccines or therapeutics, and it can be contained which is why we must do everything we can to contain it. That's why WHO recommends a comprehensive approach.

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You said we will have 10,000 deaths in 30 days. I said you are wrong. Did you put wheels on the goalposts now or are you admitting that was a false statement?

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I never said 10,000 deaths in 30 days. Several pages ago, I said it would be over 1000. I am just stating that we will know in 30 days which scenario will be the most accurate.

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Stats I've seen show a 2% death rate compared to 1% for common flu, but again researchers have pointed out that new diseases tend to skew higher in death rates because many folks are not diagnosed because physicians have never seen it before.

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The obvious implication here is that in 30 days, 10,000 will not be a significant number.

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Howdy DEEP team.

It is a very sad day today. We are very sorry to tell you that the
Festival has been cancelled due to concerns about COVID-19. This
decision was made by the Department and University officials in
coordination with us. Your safety and the safety of our attendees is our
primary concern for the event. We cannot in good conscience place anyone
at risk.

We know how hard you all have been working to create your demos for the
Festival and we really appreciate all the effort you have given to the
program. We will still have our DEEP showcase at the end of the semester
for you to show off the result of your work.

We hope you understand the decision. Please contact us with any
questions or concerns that you have.

Sincerely,

Tatiana and Dawson

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HouAggie2007 said:

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My favorite is him blaming his dad's poor retirement planning on this.

Dude XOM had been ****ing flat for years , go back and look compared to the S&P.

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woodlees said:

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There are conflicting data on infection rates and death rates due to unreliable estimates of the denominator for both metrics.

That is say we don't know how many people have been infected and we don't know the total number exposed but who haven't become ill.

This is in part due to the fact that diagnostic assays have only recently become available.

Until such high quality epidemiological studies are done for covid 19 all we have for infection rates and death rates are broad estimates.

In contrast the rates for influenza have been very precisely defined over decades by many high quality epidemiologic studies.

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